This is just too good Curtis. This piece needs wider distribution. It
is along the lines of that great commericial, "Beef, It's Whats For
Dinner", with the Irving Berlin musical accompaniment
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > >
> > Maybe the spounge analagy was misplaced, but acting as an anesthetic
> > it creates dullness.
>
> I understand the "alcohol bad" position and lived it for years. If
> that is how you enjoy to live, good for you. Dullness is the last
> attribute I would give alcohol's effect if you don't drink too much,
> and drink with the right people. Removing the drink from the set and
> setting that it can enhance, misses the point IMO. It can be a part
> of social customs and cuisines that I enjoy.
>
> A chilled martini at a jazz club with an acoustic jazz trio in the
> background.
>
> Some top shelf bourbon bought for you by a young couple after your
> last set, who had never listened to acoustic blues before, and have
> many questions about what blues artists they should download.
>
> A bottle of local Virginia wine over dinner with a friend who just
> came back from visiting Africa and has many stories to share.
>
> A chilled Czech Pilsner Urquell beer at boating picnic while eating
> Chesapeake Bay crabs.
>
> Greek brandy with your Greek friends as they tell you about how they
> survived during WWII in Greece on an olive farm, while eating sheep
> feta cheese and dipping crusty bread into oil from this year's olive
> harvest.
>
> Toasts with Hennessey cognac with the bridal party at your Vietnamese
> friend's wedding after all the other guests have left.
>
> A friend's homemade wine at their farm after riding their horses.
>
> Joining a Thai friend as he closes up his restaurant and eating home
> style fiery hot Thai food with the staff with Thai Singha beer.
>
> Drinking chilled vodka shots with your Russian girlfriend over the
> traditional meal she cooked for you.
>
> Sharing the Brazilian national drink, the Chaiparinya. (limes,sugar
> and Cachasa) with a raven haired Brazilian girl while watching World
> Cup soccer.
>
> A smoky Lagavulin scotch with my father over stories of his
> experiences in the South Pacific theater of WWII and the occupation of
> Japan.
>
> Making handmade pasta, covering them with fresh steamed clams, with a
> glass of Sauvignon Blanc and your best friends.
>
> A glass of sweet port with a plate of Stilton with your girlfriend
> while the snow falls outside.
>
> Some of these experiences would be plenty cool without the shared
> beverage. But sometime it is the ritual of sharing the drink that
> connects people. Alcohol is just sugar molecules with an attitude.
> It is a type of food, and each culture has it's special version. You
> may associate it with dullness if you prefer. I prefer to associate
> it with the way peoples eyes crinkle up at the edges during
conversation.
>
>
>
> >
> > Ethanol is a two-carbon alcohol and can be considered an active
brain-
> > drug and an all-purpose cellular toxin. Even moderate alcohol abuse
> > distorts the personality, emotions, and intellect of the `social
> > drinker', which is a direct consequence of brain dysfunction caused
> > by ethanol and other chemical pathogens in alcoholic beverages. Even
> > low doses of alcohol interfere with memory and make it difficult for
> > the hippocampus to process new information. As a brain drug, ethanol
> > acts to depress the brain function from the top down, very much in
> > the style of an anesthetic. Acetaldehyde is particularly toxic.
> > {nutramed.com, Apr. 2003}
> >
> > http://www.jrussellshealth.org/alcbfm.html
> >
>
